SBC Leader Alarmed Over Young Adults 'Dropping Out' of Churches
August 7, 2006
- The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) says he is disturbed that many students in both public and private schools -- even Christian private schools -- are leaving the church once they graduate. Full Story...Study Shows Sex-Laden Lyrics Catalyst for Teens Having Sex
August 7, 2006
- It might have an academic-sounding title, but the findings of a study about the effects of lyrics in teens' music might accurately be summed up in a phrase found in the common vernacular -- "garbage in, garbage out." Full Story...
Christian Critic Blasts Talladega Nights' Anti-Christian Content
August 7, 2006
- Although funnyman Will Ferrell's new movie, Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, finished first at the box office this past weekend, the comedy was not a winner as far as Christian movie reviewer Ted Baehr is concerned. Full Story...
Family Activist Warns Public of 'Soft Rhetoric' from Anti-Family Group
August 7, 2006
- After several court losses in their effort to get same-sex "marriage" established into state laws, homosexual activists and their supporters have formed a new alliance. Dr. Janice Crouse of the Beverly LaHaye Institute (BLI) says this new alliance, called "Beyond Marriage," wants to refocus its efforts. As she puts it, they have "developed what ... Full Story...
New York Rocks With the Power of God
August 7, 2006
- America's largest and most famous city, New York, rocked with the power of God last month and experienced a taste of the extraordinary revival. Full Story...
'Civil Union' Legal Morass Expected to Climb to Supreme Court
August 7, 2006
- The Vermont Supreme Court has issued a ruling that pits that state's same-sex "civil union" laws against the law of Virginia. The court case involves former lesbian Lisa Miller, her biological child, and Janet Jenkins, Miller's former partner. Full Story...
Youth Author Portrays 'Positive Blogging' for Her Readers
August 4, 2006
- A Christian author says, despite all the bad publicity "blogging" websites like MySpace and Facebook have gotten, they can be used in a positive way to reach teens with the gospel. Full Story...
Hezbollah Guilty of War Crimes, Says Christian Activist
August 4, 2006
- A Christian human-rights advocate says there's ample evidence that the terrorist group Hezbollah is deliberately putting Christians in harm's way in Lebanon because they refused to go along with the group's anti-Israel agenda. Full Story...
Alaska Churches in ACLU-Led Legal Battle Over Property Taxes
August 4, 2006
- Churches in Alaska are fighting an effort by the ACLU and some residents to challenge a statewide law that gives tax exemption for real property owned by a religious organization. Full Story...
Editor Doubts PC(USA) Will Accept Author's 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
August 4, 2006
- An official publishing house of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has released a book denying al-Qaeda was behind the World Trade Center and other terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Full Story...
The Immoral Intentionality of 'Teen' Movies
August 4, 2006
- Barna Research in 2002 revealed that less than 10 percent of teens believe that there are such things as moral absolutes to guide their actions. These teens were initiated into this "value-free" environment by their parents -- adults who believed in moral absolutes made up only 22 percent of the research sample. So perhaps it is fitting that My ... Full Story...
Advocacy Group Urges Prayer for Released Christian Prisoners in Bhutan
August 4, 2006
- Two Christians imprisoned for witnessing in the South Asian Kingdom of Bhutan have recently been released. The group International Christian Concern (ICC) had been lobbying on the two men's behalf since learning of their arrest earlier this year after using the "JESUS" film to share the gospel with a non-Christian family. Full Story...
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